 | Tibullus - 1759 - 276 ページ
...laft Scene what Prodigies furprize, Fears of the Brave, and Follies of the Wife ; From Marlboroujh's Eyes the Streams of Dotage flow, And Swift expires a Driv'ler and a Show. Its great Beauty will, it is prefumed, excufe the Length of this Quotation. 26. Or lave, &c.]... | |
 | Tibullus - 1759 - 468 ページ
...laft Scene what Prodigies furprize, Fears of the Brave, and Follies of the Wife ; From Marlborough's Eyes the Streams of Dotage flow, And Swift expires a Driv'ler and a Show. Its great Beauty will, it is prefumed, excufe the Length of this Quotation. »6. Or lave, &c.]... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 ページ
...kft Scene what Prodigies furprife, Fears of the Brave, and Follies of the Wife ? From Marlb'rcugh's Eyes the Streams of Dotage flow, And Swift expires a Driv'ler and a Show. The (n) teeming Mother, anxious for her Race, Begs for each Birth the Fortune of a Face : Yet... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 442 ページ
...end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the bravet and follies of the wise ? \ From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face : Yet Vane... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 ページ
...Laud ; for Hannibal, Charles XII. of Sweden ; and to shew the consequences of long life, he says, ' From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ller and a show.' / He has preserved all the beauties of the original moral of the Roman poet,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 350 ページ
...his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprize, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise ! From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveler and a show. *Thc teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 ページ
...his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise ! From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show. * The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face ; Yet Vane... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 506 ページ
...his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprize, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise! From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show. * The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face ; Yet Vane... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 ページ
...his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise ! From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face ; Yet Vane... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 368 ページ
...his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise ! From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show. * The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face ; Yet Vane... | |
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Solon caution'd to regard his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show. 
